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AREAA Manhattan's (Asian American Real Estate Association of America)

Fourth Annual East Meets West Real Estate Connect

The New Yorker, 481 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10001

Wednesday, September 26, 2018.

East Meets West is an all-day conference that includes a welcome breakfast, keynote luncheon, speaker sessions, and a closing reception. Sessions will cover a broad spectrum of timely topics in both the residential and commercial sectors of the real estate world.

We are anticipating a bigger turnout than ever – higher attendance, more speakers, more booths, and more sponsors – as real estate professionals all over the country have heard about our successful annual conference and want to be part of the action.

As in the past, participants at the conference will include CEO’s of Real Estate Firms, Luxury Real Estate Brokers and Associates, Commercial Brokers, Developers, Attorneys, Lenders, Accounting Firms, Architects and Design Professionals, Interior Designers, Economists, Media, and many others.

Residential: Business Expansion - Hear from experts about how to properly invest into your own business to expand without waste. Which business expenses are worth it? What's the best way to maximize your return in yourself? Speakers include Jarrod Guy Randolph (Compass), Tyler Whitman (Triplemint), Russ Putterman (Keller Williams), Tony Oakley (Compass), Carole Bloom (Bloomstone Group)

Commercial: State of the Market - Is NY commercial real estate in a slump and showing signs of slowing down? What type of commercial assets are still attractive in this market and what are they buying today? What is the much talked about new opportunity zone? How do opportunity zones spur economic development? Speakers include Faisal Ashraf (Lotus Equity), Ari Shalman (RWN), Richard Siu (F&T), Patrick Li (TH Real estate), Helen Hwang (Meridian), Jessica Millett (Duval & Stachenfeld)

12:00 - 12:50. Session #2

Residential: Foreign Financing - International buyers may expect you to help them obtain financing, are you ready? Learn the best ways foreign buyers are financing their home purchase as we discuss the changing policies and programs. Speakers include Joanne Chiu (Marks Paneth), Charles Ruffin (Emigrant), Henry Shih (Citi), Yihou Han (Sterling Bank & Trust), Richard Barenblatt (GuardHill Financial)

Residential: Residential Tech Tools - Tech tools are undoubtedly necessary for our business today. These are toold you should know in order to impact your business now and in the future. Learn about the local tech changing our business and the techniques to use them. Speakers include Eric Barron (Tripleming), David Friedman (WealthQuotient), Alyssa Soto Brody (Compass), Paris Pradhan (RealAgentz), Noah Rosenblatt (Urbandigs), Yan Khamish (BiProxi)

Residential: What Developers Want - We'll discuss what developers want from acquisitions to sales. Hear from developers and top new development teams to learn about how to do business with developers and break into new development marketing and sales. Speakers include GieFaan Kim (Triplemint), Sam Suzuki (Suzuki Capital), Anna Zarrao (AnnaZarro), Anthony Antolino (Delos), Leonard Steinberg (Compass), Matthew Healey (Ceruzzi)

Commercial: Development Case Study - Hear case studies about some of the most exciting projects in the pipeline. Young Woo transforming an old post office and giving it new life as retail, office space and a restaurant. Anbang buying the famed Waldorf Astoria for $2 billion and converting it into a hotel and condo. David Amirian walking you through a new condo development in Chelsea. Speakers include Brian Hsu (Goldstein Hall), Margaret Lee (Youngwoo & Associates), David Amirian (Amirian Group), Johnny Din (Cycamore Living), Ray Gu (Anbang International), Jacky He (DMG Investments)